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Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP

Buyers Beware: the FTC’s Case Against CafePress Highlights Privacy and Data Security Risks in Corporate Transactions

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Last week the Federal Trade Commission announced a privacy and data security enforcement action against the online retail platform CafePress. The allegations in the FTC’s complaint read like a list of worst practices,...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Patient Privacy Volume 22, Number 1. Privacy Briefs: January 2022

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Report on Patient Privacy 22, no. 1 (January, 2022) - New Jersey issued its third settlement in three months on state-level health care privacy and security laws, announcing that three cancer care providers would adopt new...more

Bilzin Sumberg

Zoom Settlement Will Likely Mute Federal Class Action Lawsuit over Data Privacy

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After months of litigation, Zoom Video Communications has agreed to pay $85 million to settle a proposed class action pending in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California....more

Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

FTC Settles with Zoom Over Subpar Security and Misleading Data Privacy Practices

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Earlier this week, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a settlement with Zoom that will require the company to enhance its data security practices to address allegations that the videoconferencing provider engaged in...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Community Health Systems Enters Into Five-Million-Dollar, Multi-State Settlement Agreement in Connection with 2014 Data Breach

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On October 8, 2020, Community Health Systems, Inc. (Community Health) and its subsidiary CHSPSC, LLC entered into a settlement agreement with 28 states for $5 million to resolve claims related to a 2014 data breach. Community...more

Troutman Pepper

New York AG Announces Settlement with Dunkin’ Regarding Data Breach Lawsuit

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On Tuesday, September 15, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced a settlement with Dunkin’ Brands Inc. regarding a lawsuit in New York state court titled The People of The State of New York et al. v. Dunkin’ Brands...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Capital One to Pay $80 Million Fine for 2019 Data Security Hack

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As we previously reported, Capital One Financial Corporation announced in July 2019 a major data security breach when an individual gained unauthorized access to personal information about Capital One credit card customers. ...more

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Zoom to Implement New Security Measures in Deal with NY Attorney General

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Amidst multiple investigations into the privacy and security practices at Zoom Video Communications (“Zoom”), New York Attorney General Letitia James recently announced a settlement agreement with Zoom after the failings of...more

Bricker Graydon LLP

Attorney General Yost announces multistate data breach settlement with Premera

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Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost recently announced a multistate settlement that will require health insurance company Premera Blue Cross to pay $10 million following a breach of protected health information (PHI). According...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

The FTC-Facebook Settlement Signals Major Shift In US Privacy Regulation

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In 2010, Mark Zuckerberg famously stated that privacy was no longer a “social norm.” Today, the Facebook founder is no doubt viewing social norms around privacy a bit differently, as are U.S. regulators and consumers....more

Furia Rubel Communications, Inc.

Cybersecurity: How to Protect Yourself and Your Company

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Just recently, Equifax had the largest-ever settlement for a data breach. They are to pay at least $575 million, and potentially as much as $700 million, to settle allegations over its massive 2017 data breach. What we tell...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Recent FTC Settlements Highlight Risks of Flawed Information Security Practices and Related Representations

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In a set of recent settlements, the Federal Trade Commission (the FTC or Commission) resolved charges against two companies, ClixSense and D-Link, for failing to provide reasonable security and to live up to their data...more

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.

Privacy and Data Security Alert | June 2019 #2

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Maine Bill Requires ISPs to Obtain Opt-In Consent from Customers - The Maine legislature has passed a bill that requires internet service providers (ISPs) operating in Maine to obtain express, affirmative consent from...more

Saul Ewing LLP

FTC Privacy and Data Security Report for 2018

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) publishes a comprehensive annual update detailing the significant actions it has taken to protect American consumers’ privacy and data security....more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

HIPAA Breach Results in a $4,500,000 Class Action Settlement

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Community Health System, one of the largest health systems in the United States, has agreed to pay $4,500,000 to settle claims made against it arising from a 2014 data breach. The data breach, believed to be caused by malware...more

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints

Uber and FTC Arrive at Settlement: Extensive Monitoring, but no FTC Fines Ahead

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Recently, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced that it has finalized its expanded settlement with ride-haling giant, Uber Technologies, Inc. (“Uber”) related to two major data breach incidents. The initial breach...more

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Failure to Signal: Uber Forced to Accept Expanded Settlement after Concealing Security Breach from FTC

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Uber Technologies, Inc. (“Uber”) has agreed to an expansion of its initial August 2017 proposed consent agreement with the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”), in light of revelations of an additional security breach in October...more

Jones Day

Global Privacy & Cybersecurity Update Vol. 13

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On December 28, 2016, the New York Department of Financial Services ("DFS") released a revised version of a proposed regulation that would require banks, insurance companies, and other financial services institutions...more

Saul Ewing LLP

$750,000 Settlement Agreement Reiterates Importance of HIPAA Security Rule Compliance

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On September 2, 2015, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS") announced that it had entered into a Settlement Agreement with an Indiana-based medical practice for alleged violations of the Health Insurance...more

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